adj · name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlɛvənt/
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/ləˈvænt/
General-American:/ləˈvɑnt/
General-American:/lɪˈvɑnt/
General-American:/ləˈvænt/
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rhymes with -ænt
/lɪˈvænt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Rising, of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Eastern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, poetic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oriental, eastern
Antonyms: occidental, western, ponent
4
name
Meaning 4
A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mashreq, Greater Syria
Antonyms: none provided
5
name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Thomas County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
name
Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: levanter
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A type of leather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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10
verb
Meaning 10
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
12
noun
Meaning 12
a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Levant morocco
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morocco
13
verb
Meaning 13
run off without paying a debt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
History
Etymology
From French levant.
Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَشْرِق
(mašriq)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Arabic:
اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ
(al-mašriq al-ʕarabiyy)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Arabic:
اَلشَّرْق
(aš-šarq)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Arabic:
الشَّام
(aš-šām)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Arabic:
بِلَاد الشَّامِ
(bilād aš-šāmi)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Armenian:
Լեւանտ
(Lewant)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Bengali:
শাম
(śam)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Chinese Mandarin:
累范特
(Lèifàntè)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Chinese Mandarin:
黎凡特
(Lífántè)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Czech:
Levanta
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Danish:
Levanten
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Dutch:
Levant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Esperanto:
Levantenio
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Finnish:
Levantti
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
French:
Levant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Middle French:
Levant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Galician:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Georgian:
ლევანტი
(levanṭi)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
German:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Greek:
Λεβάντες
(Levántes)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Hebrew:
לֶבַנְט
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Hindi:
शाम
(śām)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Icelandic:
Austurlönd nær
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Indonesian:
Syam
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Irish:
an Leiveaint
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Italian:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Japanese:
レバント
(Rebanto)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Japanese:
レヴァント
(Revanto)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Korean:
레반트
(Rebanteu)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Ladino:
ליב׳אנטי
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Ladino:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Malay:
Syam
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Manx:
Yn Levaant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Norwegian Bokmål:
Levanten
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Levanten
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Persian:
شام
(šâm)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Polish:
Lewant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Portuguese:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Russian:
Лева́нт
(Levánt)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Serbo-Croatian:
Лѐвант
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Serbo-Croatian:
Lèvant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Spanish:
Levante
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Swedish:
Levanten
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Tajik:
Шом
(Šom)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Thai:
ลิแวนต์
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Turkish:
Levant
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Ukrainian:
Лева́нт
(Levánt)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Ukrainian:
Шам
(Šam)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Urdu:
شام
(śām)
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Uzbek:
Shom
— the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Bulgarian:
офейквам
(ofejkvam)
— to abscond or run away
